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A Letter to my Future Self: I Wish Us A Prosperous and Happy Journey

Dear Future Me,

I hope this letter finds you well! I hope you’re being kind to yourself (as well as others). If you’re reading this it means I did something right, that you did something right…It means our blog is still going and great things are happening. You’re moving closer towards all your dreams. I’m writing this for you because some day you may need this at your darkest hour (or hopefully your happiest), you may need a sense of certainty when you are doubting yourself most. We tend to be our biggest critic.

I’m writing this to remind you to take care of yourself, your well being mattes, your mental health matters…YOU matter. NEVER forget to take time to yourself and recollect, I know the me now is always pressing on forgetting to take a time out. So I definitely know the me a year from now or two, maybe five years or more will be quite the busy body. Somehow we don’t know how to relax even when we try our hardest. I’m here to tell you it’s okay to fight for what you want and to be ambitious but you can’t always carry everyone and everything on your shoulders…

…I want you to read this with an open mind knowing it’s okay when you can’t accomplish everything at once. It’s even MORE okay to take a day off and come back with a fresh mind and light heart. One thing I know won’t change, is us ALWAYS getting the job done. I know sometimes you don’t always believe it but YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK.

You are capable of achieving the masses! We are a force to be reckoned with and I hope this letter finds you pressing full steam ahead. I use we in the purest sense that your past has shaped you, not by our mistakes but by the warrior it birthed. Oh Lena, YOU are a warrior! All those sleepless nights, those anxious tell tale signs that you were struggling, that internal conflict you’ll learn to overcome, the emotional torment, your endless battles…you may have felt broken, but if you’re reading this you didn’t shatter.

All those tears were tears of strength because it’s okay that you fucked up and probably will still do so. You don’t have to keep up that tough exterior all the time, you don’t have to be a ball of sunshine all the time. Embrace the beautiful mess that we are! I hope this letter finds you well but more importantly I hope this reaches you at your safe haven; the internal peace you’ve always longed for. This is not an ode to narcissism but warm wishes from a younger you fighting along the bumpy road to self love.

Remember “like the wind, she is free”, free to choose, free to love and be love, free to make mistakes. May your adventures be grand and your spontaneity live on, please don’t lose your sassiness and corny ways. I hope you overcome more hardships into success…& anytime you feel your crown slipping…

…..I hope this letter finds you well!

Well dolls! I know it’s a bit different form most of my posts, but with Valentine’s fresh in the air and seeing all the gifts and such…I thought I’d write myself a love letter and gosh was this the hardest thing I’ve ever written. I made this public because this blog is a part of me and it motivates me so I thought it’d be nice to access something like this when I’m further along my journey. I hope this post finds you well and drop any comments below if you wish or follow me on Twitter for more updates, Pinterest for more pinning inspo.

69 Comments

I love the idea of writing a letter – almost a love letter – to yourself on Valentine’s Day. It’s always worth reminding ourselves that we’re capable and worthy of self love and care – whether you’re in a relationship or not! Great post <3

This is such a lovely post, Lena. I’ve done the same thing on my blog before as well. And it’s good that we do this kind of thing, just to give us a boost of confidence and inspiration. After all, we are the Queen of our own. We do what’s best for us 🙂 x Ain

This is such a perfect v-day post – one of my favorites that I’ve read! Love the empowering message and I’m totally imagining you reading it again in the future and it makes me wanna yell YEAH GIRL POWER!! 🙂

Aww this is fab, such a great idea! I think it a good idea to give ourselves that kind of motivation and remind ourselves to take a time out and not do too much for others without looking out for ourselves! 😍 Thanks for sharing 🌹

Aw Lena! 💖 This is so beautiful and heartfelt, you are such an amazing person! You have so many awesome qualities. I hope we are both still around the blogging world in 5 years time. You are such an inspiration. Keep being you 😘 xx

Lena this was such a lovely letter to read. You are so amazing and I can’t fault your kindness and how sweet you are! You will go so far in life and I hope we can still be blogging friends in 10 years time, even though we are half way across the world! 💖💖💖
Love, Cally 😘😘😘http://www.lovecally.com

Awww Cally babe!💖 You’re one of the kindest and sweetest persons I know! Distance will never be a problem for us, I know we’ll be friends even 10 years past that time & somewhere along that period we’ll meet up and have a fab time…thank you for making me smile with this comment 🙂 😘

“Free to choose, free to love and be loved, free to make mistakes” – Lena, I love this. I’ve never thought of writing to myself but this is something I’d definitely write down for Flora. I know this wasn’t the aim of your letter but this is something your future child would absolutely love to read and be lucky to do so. You rock, girl, you are amazing! x

😊😊 Aww Lis! I’m glad you liked this! My aim was to inspire so I’m glad it’s prompting you to write one for Flora…I think Flora would most definitely look forward to a beautiful letter from her beautiful mom 🙂 ❤

This is such a lovely idea! Caring and loving yourself are always great reminders (especially when you’re in a slump of some sorts). The way you’ve expressed yourself is very touching. You’ve got me sniffing! 🙂

I loved reading this soo much!! Such a lovely thing to write and so inspiring! I wish you all the success and happiness in the world because you deserve it❤️ Keep it up gal, I’ll always be over here supporting you every step❤️

This is a great post! So positive and inspirational, love the tone. Writing letters to yourself is such a fun thing to do, knowing that you’ll read it at some point in the future and reflect on the person you were and are.
Alyshttps://alysjournals.wordpress.com/

This was so sweet and genuine and touching. I love the part where you said we don’t have to accomplish everything at once! Wow I think you’ve inspired me to write a love letter to my future self too , or maybe even my younger self.

I love every bit of this letter and I also loved the idea behind it. This letter really touched me and made me reflect on my life and also the relationship I have with myself. I’m inspired and motivated to go home and do this!💕

This was so beautiful to read! We all need to be reminded of our strength and our value from time to time and a letter to yourself is a really personal and awesome! I really hope you find this letter when you need it in the future!
xx Lisa I http://www.followinglisa.com

You have no idea how happy I am that self-love is really catching on. We’ve spent so much time trying to give others the love that we deserve ourselves and I am so happy that more and more people (myself included!) are learning that you have to love yourself first.

This was really a beautiful post and reminder that we are all unique and amazing with all the perfect imperfections too! Life is not always sunshine and rainbows but we can remember those beautiful things when it storms and rains, and maybe it gives us the inner calm and strength that is needed to continue. Beautiful post <3

This was so beautiful! I think I should write myself a letter like this to read at a time when I need it most because, like you said, we’re our biggest critic. I also need to remember that everything can’t get done at once, even though I like to think it can, and it’s completely okay to take a break when needed. Loved reading this!

This was beautiful to read! Also it was the perfect little reminder for myself that I’m enough and that everything will work out! There might be bumps along the way but without them life would just be boring, wouldn’t it?
xx Lisa | http://www.followinglisa.com